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===Q11===
The Q11 begins at Queens Boulevard, and runs down the entire length of Woodhaven Boulevard and a short portion of Cross Bay Boulevard to Pitkin Avenue. The route then turns east along Pitkin, then south along several local streets through the eastern portion of [[Howard Beach, Queens|Howard Beach]], running near [[Aqueduct Racetrack]] and the [[Howard Beach–JFK Airport (IND Rockaway Line)|Howard Beach–JFK Airport]] station of the subway and [[AirTrain JFK]]. At 160th Avenue, the route splits into two branches; a western branch to [[Old Howard Beach, Queens|Old Howard Beach]] and an eastern branch to [[Hamilton Beach, Queens|Hamilton Beach]] (the two neighborhoods are separated by [[Hawtree Creek]]). Both terminate near the southern coast of their respective neighborhoods at 165th Avenue.<ref name="q11" />{{rp|12}}<ref name="MTA-QnsBusMap-Current" /><ref name="CCNY-GreenLinesAnalysis-2000" />{{rp|24}}<ref name="NYCDOT-Bus-APPB" />{{rp|110}}<ref name="NYCDOTBusSRSRA-Ch4-2004" />{{rp|51}} Select weekday rush hour trips short-turn at Pitkin Avenue.<ref name="q11" />{{rp|3–4}} During late night hours, all Q11 trips terminate at Pitkin Avenue;<ref name="q11" />{{rp|3, 6, 9}} prior to 2010, 24-hour service had been provided to Old Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach.<ref name="QCB10-DistrictNeeds-2016">{{cite web|last1=Braton|first1=Elizabeth|title=STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY DISTRICT NEEDS FISCAL YEAR 2016|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/neigh_info/statement_needs/qn10_statement.pdf|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[Queens Community Board 10]]|access-date=December 31, 2015|date=2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231051634/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/neigh_info/statement_needs/qn10_statement.pdf|archive-date=December 31, 2015}}</ref>{{rp|7}}<ref name="Q11-GreenLinesSchedule">{{cite web|title=Route Q11 Woodhaven Effective Date: December 29, 2003|url=http://www.greenbus.com/122903/Q11.pdf|publisher=[[Green Bus Lines]]|access-date=December 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223211232/http://www.greenbus.com/122903/Q11.pdf|archive-date=December 23, 2005|url-status=dead|date=December 29, 2003}}</ref><ref name="Rockawave-Q53Imput-2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockawave.com/news/2012-05-25/Community/Goldfeder_Asks_MTA_For_Q53_Public_Input.html|title=Goldfeder Asks MTA For Q53 Public Input|date=May 25, 2012|publisher=[[Wave of Long Island]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811075143/http://www.rockawave.com/news/2012-05-25/Community/Goldfeder_Asks_MTA_For_Q53_Public_Input.html|archive-date=August 11, 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=December 31, 2015}}</ref><ref name="LeaderObserver-Q11-Jun2012">{{cite web|last1=Gendron|first1=Roger|title=MTA Q11 Hamilton Beach service change|url=http://leaderobserver.com/bookmark/18922166-MTA-Q11-Hamilton-Beach-service-change|publisher=Leader-Observer|access-date=December 31, 2015|date=June 8, 2012}}</ref><ref name="MTABus-Changes-June2011">{{cite web|title=MTA Bus Service Changes|url=http://www.mta.info/busco/advisories.htm|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=January 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615051430/http://www.mta.info/busco/advisories.htm|archive-date=June 15, 2011|url-status=dead|date=June 2011}}</ref>▼
[[File:Woodhaven Bl Jamaica Av 40.jpg|thumb|A 2006 Orion VII OG HEV (3506) on the Q11 at Woodhaven Boulevard/86th Drive]]
▲The Q11 begins at Queens Boulevard, and runs down the entire length of Woodhaven Boulevard and a short portion of Cross Bay Boulevard to Pitkin Avenue. The route then turns east along Pitkin, then south along several local streets through the eastern portion of [[Howard Beach, Queens|Howard Beach]], running near [[Aqueduct Racetrack]] and the [[Howard Beach–JFK Airport (IND Rockaway Line)|Howard Beach–JFK Airport]] station of the subway and [[AirTrain JFK]]. At 160th Avenue, the route splits into two branches; a western branch to [[Old Howard Beach, Queens|Old Howard Beach]] and an eastern branch to [[Hamilton Beach, Queens|Hamilton Beach]] (the two neighborhoods are separated by [[Hawtree Creek]]). Both terminate near the southern coast of their respective neighborhoods at 165th Avenue.<ref name="q11" />{{rp|12}}<ref name="MTA-QnsBusMap-Current" /><ref name="CCNY-GreenLinesAnalysis-2000" />{{rp|24}}<ref name="NYCDOT-Bus-APPB" />{{rp|110}}<ref name="NYCDOTBusSRSRA-Ch4-2004" />{{rp|51}} Select weekday rush hour trips and all late night service short-turn at Pitkin Avenue, via Redding Street.<ref name="q11" />{{rp|3–4}}
The original Q11 route served both Old Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach as a single branch. After running to 165th Avenue in Old Howard Beach, it crossed a bridge over Hawtree Creek, which has since been removed, then ran north in Hamilton Beach to 102nd Street and Russell Street.<ref name=LIDaily-34BusRoutes-Sept1936/><ref name=LIDaily-JamaicaRoutes-Mar1943>{{cite news|title=All Transportation Lines Lead to Jamaica|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201943%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201943%2520a%2520-%25201679.pdf|access-date=January 14, 2016|work=Long Island Daily Press|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=March 31, 1943|page=9}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3003287;view=1up;seq=181|title=Sixteenth Annual Report For the Calendar Year 1936|publisher=Department of Public Service Metropolitan Division Transit Commission|year=1937}}</ref>{{rp|170, 502}}
Under the Queens Bus Redesign, the Q11 would be rerouted to serve Lindenwood, replacing Q21 service there. Some buses would terminate at Cross Bay Boulevard, while others continue via 157th Avenue to serve Old Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach in one trip.
===Q21===
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The Q21 begins at Queens Boulevard, and provides local service along the entire length of Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards in "mainland" Queens. Between [[Conduit Avenue]] (Elmhurst) or 153rd Avenue (Howard Beach) and 157th Avenue near the [[Belt Parkway]], the Q21 turns west and runs on several local streets to provide service to the neighborhood of [[Lindenwood, Queens|Lindenwood]]; the routing is labeled as "via Lindenwood". The route terminates near the [[Jamaica Bay]] shore at 164th Avenue in Howard Beach. For service to Elmhurst, it heads west on the avenue until 84th Street, then north to 160th Avenue, and east back to the boulevard. The Q21 runs less frequently than the Q11, and does not operate overnight.<ref name=q11 />{{rp|3–11}}<ref name=MTA-QnsBusMap-Current /><ref name=MTA-QnsBusMap-1999 /><ref name=MTA-Q52-July12012>{{cite web|title=Planned Service Changes: Effective Sunday, July 1, 2012|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/service_changes_Q11_Q21_Q52_Q53.htm|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=December 31, 2015|date=2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231044400/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/service_changes_Q11_Q21_Q52_Q53.htm|archive-date=December 31, 2015}}</ref> Before being transferred from [[Green Bus Lines]] to the [[MTA Regional Bus Operations|MTA Bus Company]] (MTA), the Q21's northern terminus was at [[Liberty Avenue (New York City)|Liberty Avenue]], and the route provided service between "mainland" Queens and the Rockaways via the Q53 routing, terminating at the current [[American Airlines Flight 587|Flight 587]] memorial at the [[Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk|Rockaway Beach Boardwalk]].<ref name="MTABus-Committee-Q21-Nov2011">{{cite web|title=MTA Bus Operations Committee Meeting November 2011|url=http://www.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/111114_1115_BUS.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=March 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817125951/http://www.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/111114_1115_BUS.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2012|url-status=dead|date=November 2011}}</ref><ref name="NYCDOT-Bus-APPB">{{cite web|title=Appendix B: Route Profiles|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/appb.pdf|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]]|access-date=November 8, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108201313/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/appb.pdf|archive-date=November 8, 2015}}</ref>{{rp|130}}<ref name="NYCDOTBusSRSRA-Ch4-2004">{{cite web|author1=Urbitran Associates, Inc|title=NYCDOT Bus Ridership Survey and Route Analysis Final Report: Chapter 4 Operating and Financial Performance|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dotbusrsra_3.pdf|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]]|access-date=December 20, 2015|date=May 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016053258/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dotbusrsra_3.pdf|archive-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref>{{rp|51–53}}<ref name="LIDaily-GreenLines-April51937">{{cite news|title=Notice of Public Hearing: Franchise Matters|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201937%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201937%2520-%25202205.pdf|access-date=January 12, 2016|work=Long Island Daily Press|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=April 5, 1937|page=12}}</ref> In 2008, the route was extended north along Woodhaven Boulevard.<ref name="Rockawave-Q21Ext-2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockawave.com/news/2008-09-05/community/064.html|title=MTA Bus Extends Q21 Route To Queens Boulevard|date=September 5, 2008|publisher=[[Wave of Long Island]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309142653/http://www.rockawave.com/news/2008-09-05/community/064.html|archive-date=March 9, 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=December 31, 2015}}</ref><ref name="MTABus-Changes-Dec2008">{{cite web|title=MTA Bus Service Changes|url=http://www.mta.info/busco/advisories.htm|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=January 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224014237/http://www.mta.info/busco/advisories.htm|archive-date=December 24, 2008|url-status=dead|date=December 2008}}</ref> In January 2012, the Q21 was rerouted to Arverne and a limited-stop branch was added.<ref name="MTABus-Committee-Q21-Mar2012" />{{rp|49 (PDF p.51)}} This limited-stop service became the Q52 in July 2012, and the Q21 was subsequently truncated to Howard Beach.<ref name="MTABus-Committee-Q21-Mar2012" />{{rp|50–51 (PDF p.52–53)}}<ref name="MTA-Q52-July12012" /><ref name="Rockawave-Q21Arverne-Nov2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockawave.com/news/2011-11-18/Top_Stories/MTA_Creating_Arverne_Bus_Service.html|title=MTA Creating Arverne Bus Service|date=November 18, 2011|publisher=[[Wave of Long Island]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309133718/http://www.rockawave.com/news/2011-11-18/Top_Stories/MTA_Creating_Arverne_Bus_Service.html|archive-date=March 9, 2016|url-status=dead|last1=Briano|first1=Nicholas|access-date=December 31, 2015}}</ref><ref name="ArverneBTS-Q52-2012" /> On weekday afternoons during the school year, select Q21 buses operate "school tripper" service from Rockaway Park. These trips begin at Beach 104th Street at the [[Scholars' Academy]] (I.S. 323) and across from [[Beach Channel High School|Beach Channel Educational Campus]], and operate along the former Q21 route through the Rockaways and Broad Channel.<ref name="q11" />{{rp|6, 12}} This service was provided by the Q52 until it was converted into Select Bus Service in 2017 (see below).<ref name=Q52SBSSched-LTD-2017>{{cite web|title=Q52/Q53 Schedule: Effective Fall 2017|url=http://web.mta.info/busco/schedules/q052cur.pdf|publisher=[[MTA Regional Bus Operations]]|date=2017}}</ref>{{rp|23}}
The Q21 previously had an additional branch called the Q21A, which provided service between Brooklyn and the Rockaways. This route began at the [[New Lots Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)|New Lots Avenue]] subway station in the [[New Lots, Brooklyn|New Lots]] subsection of [[East New York, Brooklyn]]. It ran east along [[Linden Boulevard]], then south along Cross Bay Boulevard to the Rockaways.<ref name=LIDaily-34BusRoutes-Sept1936>{{cite news|title=Franchises Awarded for Thirty-Four Bus Routes|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201936%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201936%2520-%25205611.pdf|access-date=January 12, 2016|work=Long Island Daily Press|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=September 25, 1936|page=10}}</ref><ref name=LIDaily-GreenLines-April51937/><ref name=LIDaily-QnsBusTraffic-Feb1937/><ref name=NYTimes-Birds-Q21A-1985>{{cite web|last1=Roberts|first1=Richard|title=THE BEST PLACES TO PERCH TO SEE THE BIRDS CHECK IN|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/12/arts/the-best-places-to-perch-to-see-the-birds-check-in.html?pagewanted=all|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 16, 2015|date=April 12, 1985|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301102227/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/12/arts/the-best-places-to-perch-to-see-the-birds-check-in.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name=NYTimes-Q21A-1934>{{cite web|title=New Route To Rockaways: Board Allows Bus operation From New Lots Station in Brooklyn|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/06/02/94536229.pdf|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 31, 2015|date=June 2, 1934}}</ref> Unlike the Q21, the Q21A traveled east to [[Far Rockaway, Queens|Far Rockaway]] at the [[Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue (IND Rockaway Line)|Mott Avenue]] subway station, a total distance of {{convert|13|mi|km}}. The route initially used [[Beach Channel Drive]] east of the Cross Bay Bridge, later using [[Rockaway Beach Boulevard]]/Edgemere Avenue (adjacent to the [[Rockaway Freeway]]).<ref name=LIDaily-34BusRoutes-Sept1936/><ref name=LIDaily-GreenLines-April51937/><ref name=LIDaily-QnsBusTraffic-Feb1937>{{cite news|title=Bus Traffic Shows 12 Per Cent Gain; Trolley Lines Carry Fewer Passengers; Transit Commission Files Report for 3rd Quarter of 1936|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201937%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201937%2520-%25201200.pdf|access-date=January 12, 2016|work=Long Island Daily Press|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=February 23, 1937|page=8}}</ref><ref name="QueensBusMap-1975">{{cite web|title=1975 Queens Bus Map|url=http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=16356|website=wardmaps.com|publisher=[[New York City Transit Authority]]|access-date=February 18, 2016|date=1975|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309120301/http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=16356|archive-date=March 9, 2016}}</ref><!-- The Q21A was discontinued around 1990 due to poor ridership.-->
A second branch, the Q21B, ran from New Lots Avenue non-stop to [[Beach 98th Street (IND Rockaway Line)|Beach 98th Street]] at the [[Rockaways' Playland]] amusement park. It then made stops in Rockaway Park and [[Neponsit, Queens|Neponsit]] before terminating at the beaches of [[Jacob Riis Park]] on the western portion of the peninsula. This route only operated during the summer months of 1936.<ref name=Rockawave-Q21BRiis-June1936>{{cite news|title=New Bus Route Here: Express Service Between Brooklyn, Seaside and Riis Park, Monday.|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201935-1936%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201935-1936%2520-%25200641.pdf|access-date=January 12, 2016|work=[[Wave of Long Island]]|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=June 11, 1936}}</ref><ref name=LIDaily-GreenLinesAd-Aug1936>{{cite news|title=Green Bus Lines Incorporated|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201936%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201936%2520-%25204897.pdf|access-date=January 12, 2016|work=Long Island Daily Press|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=August 24, 1936|page=13}}</ref>
Under the Redesign, this route would be eliminated due to the Q11’s reroute in Lindenwood.
===Q52 SBS{{anchor|Q52}}===
[[File:Beach Channel Dr Bch 54th St td (2018-12-13) 10a.jpg|thumb|A 2017 New Flyer XD60 (6122) on the Elmhurst-bound Q52 SBS just leaving Beach 54th Street in December 2018]]
The Q21 Limited service was split off into a separate route, the Q52, in July 2012.<ref name=ArverneBTS-Q52-2012>{{cite web|last1=Rafter|first1=Domenick|title=Queens Tribune – DOT Eyes New Bus Route To Rockaways|url=http://arvernebythesea.com/queens-tribune-dot-eyes-new-bus-route-to-rockaways/|publisher=[[Arverne by the Sea]]|access-date=October 13, 2015|date=May 18, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122554/http://arvernebythesea.com/queens-tribune-dot-eyes-new-bus-route-to-rockaways/|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> It begins at Queens Boulevard and runs down the entire length of Woodhaven and Cross Bay Bouevards through "mainland" Queens, making limited stops. It then crosses the [[Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge]] onto the island of [[Broad Channel]] within the [[Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge]], where it makes several stops. It then crosses the [[Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge]] onto the Rockaway peninsula in the neighborhood of [[Hammels, Queens|Hammels]], where it turns east onto [[Rockaway Beach Boulevard]]. The Q52 continues down the boulevard, turning left on Beach 62nd Street, right on Arverne Boulevard, and left on Beach 54th Street, terminating at Beach Channel Drive in [[Edgemere, Queens|Edgemere]]. Elmhurst-bound buses originating from that stop would use Beach Channel Drive before turning left on Beach 59th Street, right on Rockaway Beach Boulevard, and via its normal route through Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards.<ref name=Q52SBSSched />{{rp|23}}<ref name=MTA-QnsBusMap-Current /><ref name="Q52Ext2" /> Prior to April 2017, southbound Q52s terminated at Beach 69th Street in [[Arverne, Queens|Arverne]], reentering service two blocks east at the [[Beach 67th Street (IND Rockaway Line)|Beach 67th Street]] subway station.<ref name="Q52Ext2" /><ref name="Q52Ext1" />
This route, along with the Q53, was converted to a [[Select Bus Service]] route on November 12, 2017. The route makes fewer stops than the limited-stop service, uses articulated buses, and travels on the corridor's bus lanes for a large section of its route, speeding travel times. Select southbound buses terminate at Cross Bay Boulevard & 163rd Avenue and not enter the Rockaways. As part of the conversion, it has been proposed to extend the Q52 east to Far Rockaway, along a similar route to the former Q21A.<ref name=MTADOT-Q52Q53SBS-April162015>{{cite web|title=Woodhaven / Cross Bay Boulevard (Q52/53) Public Design Workshop: Woodhaven Blvd from Union Tpke to Rockaway Blvd|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-04-16-brt-woodhaven-dw1-presentation.pdf|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], [[New York City Department of Transportation]]|access-date=December 28, 2015|date=April 16, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203849/http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-04-16-brt-woodhaven-dw1-presentation.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>{{rp|8}}<ref name=MTADOT-Q52Q53SBS-Rkwys-April302015>{{cite web|title=Woodhaven / Cross Bay Boulevard (Q52/53) Public Design Workshop: Broad Channel and the Rockaways|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-04-30-brt-woodhaven-dw4-presentation.pdf|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], [[New York City Department of Transportation]]|access-date=January 1, 2016|date=April 30, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214235/http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-04-30-brt-woodhaven-dw4-presentation.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>{{rp|3}}
===Q53 SBS{{anchor|Q53}}===
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The Q53 SBS is the longest of the four routes, running a distance of {{convert|14|mi|km}}.<ref name=MTADOT-Q52Q53SBS-April162015/>{{rp|3}} It begins in [[Woodside, Queens|Woodside]], at the [[61st Street – Woodside (IRT Flushing Line)|61st Street]] subway station of the [[IRT Flushing Line]] and the [[Woodside (LIRR station)|Woodside]] [[Long Island Rail Road|LIRR]] station. The route then runs east along [[Roosevelt Avenue]] and [[Broadway (Queens)|Broadway]], before joining the other three routes at Woodhaven Boulevard and Queens Boulevard and following the Q52's Select Bus Service-stop service pattern through mainland Queens and Broad Channel. After crossing Jamaica Bay and entering the Rockaway peninsula, the Q53 turns west on Rockaway Beach Boulevard and terminates at the [[Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street (IND Rockaway Line)|Beach 116th Street]] subway station of the IND Rockaway Line in [[Rockaway Park, Queens|Rockaway Park]].<ref name="MTADOT-Q52Q53SBS-Dec152015">{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-12-15-brt-woodhaven-cac5-presentation.pdf|title=Woodhaven / Cross Bay Boulevard (Q52/53) Community Advisory Committee Meeting #5|date=December 15, 2015|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], [[New York City Department of Transportation]]|access-date=December 26, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226160920/http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-12-15-brt-woodhaven-cac5-presentation.pdf|archive-date=December 26, 2015}}</ref>{{rp|8}}<ref name=MTADOT-Q52Q53SBS-April162015 />{{rp|8}}<ref name=Q52SBSSched />{{rp|23}}<ref name=MTA-QnsBusMap-Current/>
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{{main|List of express bus routes in New York City#QM15|l1=List of express bus routes in New York City}}
In addition to local and limited-stop service, four bus routes ({{NYC bus link|QM15|QM16|QM17|BM5}}) provide express bus service to Manhattan via the Woodhaven and Cross Bay corridor. The QM16 and QM17 provide service to the Rockaway Peninsula and Broad Channel, beginning in Neponsit (west) and Far Rockaway (east) respectively. They then make stops along Cross Bay Boulevard into Howard Beach, before running non-stop to Manhattan north of the Belt Parkway. The QM15 begins at Cross Bay Boulevard and 157th Avenue (with select runs beginning in eastern Howard Beach near Aqueduct Racetrack), and runs the Lindenwood route of the Q21 before making stops along the rest of the corridor. The BM5, which originates in [[Starrett City, Brooklyn]], also serves the corridor north of Conduit Avenue. All four routes proceed onto the [[Long Island Expressway]] at the interchange near Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst.<ref name=MTA-QnsBusMap-Current>{{Cite NYC bus map|Q}}</ref><ref name="NYCBRT-2004" />{{rp|36–37}}▼
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▲In addition to local and limited-stop service, four bus routes ({{NYC bus link|QM15|QM16|QM17|BM5}}) provide express bus service to Manhattan via the Woodhaven and Cross Bay corridor. The QM16 and QM17 provide service to the Rockaway Peninsula and Broad Channel, beginning in Neponsit (west) and Far Rockaway (east) respectively. They then make stops along Cross Bay Boulevard into Howard Beach, before running non-stop to Manhattan north of the Belt Parkway. The QM15 begins at Cross Bay Boulevard and 157th Avenue (with select runs beginning in eastern Howard Beach near Aqueduct Racetrack), and runs the Lindenwood route of the Q21 before making stops along the rest of the corridor. The BM5, which originates in [[Starrett City, Brooklyn]], also serves the corridor north of Conduit Avenue, but does not make any stops north of 63rd Drive. All four routes proceed onto the [[Long Island Expressway]] at the interchange near Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst.<ref name=MTA-QnsBusMap-Current>{{Cite NYC bus map|Q}}</ref><ref name="NYCBRT-2004" />{{rp|36–37}}
[[File:MTA Bus Orion V CNG 731.jpg|thumb|left|A 1998 Orion V CNG (731) on the former Starrett City-bound BQM1]]
[[File:N Conduit Av 88th St td 09.jpg|thumb|right|A 2008 Motor Coach D4500CT (2232) on the current Starrett City-bound BM5 at North Conduit Avenue/88th Street]]
==={{Anchor|Q41}} Other bus routes===
The following also run on parts of the corridor:
* The {{NYC bus link|Q41}} follows the Q21's route via Cross Bay Boulevard and Lindenwood between 164th Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard. It then proceeds east on Rockaway Boulevard and several local streets towards the [[165th Street Bus Terminal]] in [[Jamaica, Queens|Downtown Jamaica]], which is the terminus for many routes formerly operated by Green Bus Lines, also known as Green Lines.<ref name=MTA-QnsBusMap-Current/><ref name=MTA-QnsBusMap-1999 /><ref name="CCNY-GreenLinesAnalysis-2000">{{cite web|title=Analysis of Routes and Ridership of a Franchise Bus Service: Green Bus Lines|url=http://www.utrc2.org/sites/default/files/pubs/NYCDOT-Green-Bus-Lines-Route-Analysis-final.pdf|website=[[City College of New York|utrc2.org/]]|publisher=[[City College of New York]]|access-date=September 30, 2015|date=October 2000|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001021409/http://www.utrc2.org/sites/default/files/pubs/NYCDOT-Green-Bus-Lines-Route-Analysis-final.pdf|archive-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref>{{rp|32}}
* The {{NYC bus link|Q29}} and {{NYC bus link|Q38}} run on the boulevard to Queens Center Mall (northbound), or from Hoffman Drive (southbound). The Q29 heads to Dry Harbor Road, while the Q38 heads to Eliot Avenue.
* The {{NYC bus link|Q7}} runs between Rockaway Boulevard and Sutter Avenue. Under the Redesign, the {{NYC bus link|Q112}} would replace it.
* East Elmhurst-bound {{NYC bus link|Q23}} and Midtown-bound {{NYC bus link|QM12}} and {{NYC bus link|QM42}} buses run non-stop from Union Turnpike to Metropolitan Avenue, with the express buses extended to Yellowstone Boulevard, its southbound trips ending at Metropolitan, and also running on the short part of Woodhaven Boulevard between the Long Island Expressway and Queens Center Mall.
** The other express bus routes running this part are the {{NYC bus link|QM18}} and the southbound {{NYC bus link|QM10|QM11}}, and {{NYC bus link|QM40}}, with northbound buses getting onto the LIE from Hoffman Drive instead.
* The {{NYC bus link|QM24|QM25}}, and {{NYC bus link|QM34}} run between the LIE and Eliot Avenue.
==History==
Line 141 ⟶ 173:
=== Addition of Q53, extension of Q21, and MTA Bus takeover ===
[[File:MTA Bus Company Orion VII 3614 on the Q53.JPG|thumb]]
[[Image:Uniontpkewdhvnjeh.JPG|thumb|Two 2007 Orion VII OG HEVs on the Woodside-bound Q53 Limited on Woodhaven Boulevard: 3614 at Eliot Avenue in 2007, and 3642 at Union Turnpike]]
On May 8, 1950, a major fire occurred on the wooden trestle of the LIRR [[Rockaway Beach Branch]] over [[Jamaica Bay]], ending direct rail service to the Rockaway peninsula.<ref name="QnsGazette-LIRRRkwy-2012" /><ref name="BklynEagle-LIRRFireJunkRkwy-1950">{{cite web|title=L.I.R.R. Proposes Junking Trestle Ruined by Fire|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53870238/?terms=rockaway%2Bfire|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|access-date=September 22, 2015|page=4|date=May 31, 1950}}</ref><ref name="Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013">{{Cite Routes Not Taken}}</ref>{{rp|239–240}} On June 25, [[Triboro Coach]], which was owned by Green Lines' shareholders,<ref name="NYTimes-TransitAlliance-GTJ-2005" /> began operating replacement bus service from the Woodside LIRR station to Rockaway Park on a temporary grant from the city.<ref name="BklynEagle-Q53-1950" /><ref name="NYTimes-Q53-1952" /><ref>{{cite news|title=New Bus Service: Off For Rockaway!|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201950%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201950%2520-%25200357.pdf|access-date=January 10, 2016|work=[[Wave of Long Island]]|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=June 29, 1950|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Triboro To Cut Its Service At Rockaway Park Jan. 1st: Buses Every Hour, Instead of Every Half-Hour During Rush Period; Daytime Headway, Two Hours; Lack OF Patronage Is The Reason|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201950%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201950%2520-%25200738.pdf|access-date=January 10, 2016|work=[[Wave of Long Island]]|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=December 28, 1950|page=1}}</ref> The Q53 officially began service on June 28, 1956,<ref name="ChiRailFan-NYCTRoutes">{{Cite web|title = NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ROUTES|url = https://www.chicagorailfan.com/bcnyqrte.html|website = www.chicagorailfan.com|access-date = December 31, 2015|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160111113044/http://www.chicagorailfan.com/nycdateq.html|archive-date = January 11, 2016|df = mdy-all}}</ref> two days after IND Rockaway Line service commenced on the parallel Rockaway Beach Branch.<ref name="NYTimes-INDRkwyOpen-19562">{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1956/06/28/84703811.pdf|title=Rockaway Trains to Operate Today|date=June 28, 1956|website=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Freeman|first1=Ira Henry|access-date=June 29, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Rockawave-INDRkwyOpen-June281956">{{cite news|title=First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon|date=June 28, 1956|work=[[Wave of Long Island]]|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|pages=[http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201956%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201956%2520-%25200350.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F43c772ea5053ba7a2fe1850240ed52cd#page=1 1], [http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201956%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201956%2520-%25200355.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F6b6ee609a1895c1f89ff0c622e5b3813#page=1 6]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FForest%2520Parkway%2520NY%2520Leader%2520Observer%2FForest%2520Parkway%2520NY%2520Leader%2520Observer%25201955-1957%2FForest%2520Parkway%2520NY%2520Leader%2520Observer%25201955-1957%2520-%25200650.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F8150b004ade0565d32aa4d88b21d2892#page=1|title=TA's New Line To Rockaways Begins Today: Fifty Piece Band To Play as Special Train Makes First Run|date=June 28, 1956|work=The Leader-Observer|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|page=1|access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Greenpoint%2520Daily%2520Star%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Greenpoint%2520Daily%2520Star%25201956-1957%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Greenpoint%2520Daily%2520Star%25201956-1957%2520-%25200241.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F147cd4c4e78bb11637387bbb8e8e3a06#page=1|title=To Rockaways: Beach Trains In Operation|date=June 29, 1956|work=Greenpoint Weekly Star|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|page=2|access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref> It later gained popularity as a route from mainland Queens to Rockaway Beach and [[Rockaways' Playland]] during summer months,<ref name="NYTimes-Q53-1996" /><ref name="LIStar-Q53TriboroAd-July1959" /> as did the Q21 and Q21A.<ref>{{cite web|title=Asks Transit Action For The Rockaways: Quick Transportation Facilities Urgently Needed, Points Out Harold C. Samuels|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/08/04/93773865.pdf|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 1, 2016|date=August 4, 1935}}</ref>
Line 152 ⟶ 188:
===Select Bus Service===
[[File:Cross Bay Bl Linden Bl td 02.jpg|thumb|A 2017 XD60 (6116) on the Q52 SBS at Cross Bay/Linden Boulevards]]
[[File:MTA Bus Company New Flyer Xcelsior XD60 6234.jpg|thumb|A 2019 XD60 (6234) on the Q53 SBS at Queens Center Mall]]
==== Planning ====
Line 176 ⟶ 215:
==== Implementation ====
SBS was implemented on the corridor on November 12, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://qns.com/story/2017/09/26/two-limited-stop-bus-lines-along-woodhaven-cross-bay-boulevards-will-become-select-bus-routes/|title='Select Bus Service' coming to Woodhaven & Cross Bay Boulevards this November|last=Giudice|first=Anthony|date=September 26, 2017|website=Ridgewood Times|language=en-US|access-date=September 27, 2017}}</ref> In the Rockaways and in Broad Channel, due to less dense land uses, and due to lower utilization of stops, several existing Q52 and Q53 stops were consolidated or discontinued. Q22 local service continued to serve the stops in the Rockaways, while the low volume stops at Cross Bay Boulevard and 5th Road were discontinued. A new stop at Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 84th Street replaced stops at Beach 81st Street and Beach 86th Street on the Q52. In Broad Channel two stops were relocated: the northbound stop at Cross Bay Boulevard and East 9th Road was moved north to Noel Road to be symmetrical with the southbound stop, and the southbound stop at West 15th Road was moved south to West 17th Road to be symmetrical with the northbound stop, and to be adjacent to a crosswalk. Stops on Woodhaven Boulevard were modified as well: the stop at Atlantic Avenue was moved north to 91st Avenue, allowing Q52 and Q53 service to travel on the overpass over Atlantic Avenue using the bus lane, as opposed to using the slow service road. Two SBS stops were added–at 101st Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard, and at Pitkin Avenue and Cross Bay Boulevard–to provide transfers to the Q8 and Q11, respectively. Stations on Woodhaven Boulevard at Jamaica Avenue, 91st Avenue and 101st Avenue, and at Cross Bay Boulevard at Liberty Avenue (northbound) and Rockaway Boulevard (southbound) are new stations that were built in the median by the NYCDOT.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/170925_1030_Transit.pdf|title=Transit & Bus Committee Meeting September 2017|date=September 25, 2017|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|pages=217–224|access-date=September 27, 2017|archive-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928055941/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/170925_1030_Transit.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Rockaway Blvd IND Fulton 89 - Cross Bay Theater.jpg|thumb|left|A Q11/21 Elmhurst & QM15 Midtown bus stop at Cross Bay/Rockaway Boulevards, near the former Cross Bay Theater]]
Q11 and Q21 service on Woodhaven Boulevard were modified in conjunction with the implementation of SBS. The bus stops at 63rd Avenue and 64th Road in both directions, and the northbound stop at 67th Drive were discontinued in order to even out the spacing of bus stops. The southbound stop at 68th Avenue was moved to Yellowstone Boulevard to be near a crosswalk, the Park Lane South stops was moved to 85th Road, and the southbound Doxey Place stop was moved to Gold Road.<ref name=":2" />
Line 217 ⟶ 258:
[[Category:MTA Regional Bus routes|Q011]]
[[Category:Transportation in Rockaway, Queens]]
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